Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 15 points for Barnes and 21 for Groß, so Groß is the pick.

What does this comparison account for?

Price, ownership, form, expected goals and assists per 90, minutes reliability, and the difficulty of each player's next five fixtures.

Barnes vs Groß

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Groß by 6 projected points.

Barnes

NEWCASTLE · MID · £6.1

projected points / 5 GW

Hold64%

CRY (A)EVE (H)FUL (A)ARS (H)BHA (A)

Groß

BRIGHTON · MID · £6.2

projected points / 5 GW

Buy78%

LIV (A)MCI (A)BRE (H)HUL (A)NEW (H)

Stat by stat

£6.1Price£6.2

32Total points58

2.0Form5.5

4.6Points / game8.3

7.8%Owned45.3%

630Minutes610

1Goals3

3Assists6

1.24xG2.16

0.87xA1.16

45.3ICT62.8

3.4Avg FDR (5)3.4

15Projected pts21

The verdict

Groß comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (21 vs 15), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 3.4) and better current form.

Hold — Barnes is fine to keep, but there is no urgent case to bring him in.

Buy — Groß is one of the better MID options for the next 5 gameweeks.

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